8 2019 12,May WEEKLY BRONX (l-r) Cassandra White, DHS associate commissioner of family intake; Michael Martire; and Karen Ford
DHS deputy commissioner of family services are pictured when Martire visited the PATH homeless
intake center in Melrose recently to donate more than 2,000 pairs of socks he collected for the homeless.
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BXTimes.www.like Mr. Martire,” said the
DHS spokeswoman. Photo courtesy of Martire family
Pelham Bay youth helps Bronx
homeless with sock drive
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
Michael Martire, a
17-year-old youth from
Pelham Bay, collected
2,127 pairs of socks from
several local community
resources which he
in turn donated to the
borough intake center
for homeless families on
Thursday, April 30.
Martire collected the
socks as part of a junioryear
high school service
project for Iona Prep, with
much of the sock haul
coming from his former
elementary school, Villa
Maria Academy, as well
as Our Lady of Assumption
parish and Calvary
Hospital, he said.
“I decided to do a sock
drive because it is the
most requested item at
homeless shelters, and
also the least donated,”
said Martire.
Martire said that he
called on his extended
family to spread the word
about his sock collection.
At his school, he raffled
off some Duke University
logo athletics socks
during ‘March Madness’
over the public address
system to encourage his
classmates to donate.
All of this hard work
culminated in a visit to
the Prevention Assistance
and Temporary
Housing Office intake
center, located in Melrose,
where he donated
the treasure trove of footwear.
At the PATH center,
Martire said that he met
with leadership and got
to see some of the facility.
“It certainly was an
eye opening experience,”
said Martire.
A NYC Department
of Homeless Services
spokesperson, Arianna
Fishman, stated that
Martire is one of many
community members
showing their compassion
and dedicating time
and talent to helping
their neighbors get back
on their feet.
“Homelessness is a
citywide challenge requiring
a citywide solution,
and we encourage communities
across the five boroughs
to follow this young
leader’s example and join
us in supporting families
and adults experiencing
homelessness, by volunteering
or donating, just
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of pairs of socks he collected
from the community to
donate to the homeless.
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